Title: The OOC Villainess and the White Moonlight Heroine are BFFs
Translator: Little Bamboo Spirit
Chapter 12 - While the system was screaming in despair, it was hit by the final blow (2)
While Yue Xia was observing others, they were also observing her. Yue Xia didn't know that her every move was being watched by several people. She was still looking around to try to find Lin Shu.
It took a long time for Shen Yu to recognize her. He finally said in surprise, "It really is Yue Xia."
"It's her? I almost couldn't recognize her when she's not wearing makeup." A guy with a crew cut twitched his lips. "She's the most-talked about woman of the moment. Everyone is guessing what her relationship with Shi Qingyin is."
"Dou Hui, what do you think?" Shen Yu touched the quiet man next to him.
The other party blinked. "No opinion."
"No opinion?" The guy with a crew cut smiled at that unclear answer. "She clearly still likes you a lot."
"It doesn't matter." Dou Hui pulled off the hand he had on his shoulder and calmly said, "As long as she stops pouring water on my clothing."
In total, she had poured water on his clothing three times. It was a pain to get customized clothing.
The other people instantly burst into laughter.
The crew cut guy laughed so hard that tears almost came out. "To be honest, I'm not used to her quietly standing there and not coming over to do something for attention. It couldn't be that she really turned over a new leaf, right? Or is it because she knows who's here, so she doesn't dare to be impudent?"
"Don't speak too early." Shen Yu pursed his lips towards that direction and said in a knowing tone, "Look."
Under the gaze of several people, Yue Xia finally found her target. Her eyes lit up, and she beelined over… to where Lin Shu was standing.
The system anxiously kept reminding her: [You have to trigger a rejection scene for the task to be considered completed. You need to get a "Sorry". Understand?]
[I know. You said it three times.] Yue Xia's purpose was clear. She advanced bravely. [Why don't my words assure you?]
The system: [...] I'm just not assured at all!
Still, it held the mentality that it might get lucky. Yue Xia was so proficient in the art of speaking, and no matter what, it was easier to show goodwill to others than offend them. Just as the system was thinking that, it saw a shocking scene.
Lin Shu didn't expect Yue Xia to beeline towards him. His expression changed several times. He didn't know what expression to show.
Mainly because he didn't know how to evaluate her identity right now. Let's not talk about her relatively low degree of credibility as a love rival. Judging from the current situation, Yue Xia liked the same person as him… What was up with that?!
Yue Xia caught him off guard with her confident greeting and smile. "Hi."
Startled, Lin Shu smiled back. "Hi."
They looked at each other. Yue Xia calmly brought up the first topic. "The weather is so nice today."
"Ah." Lin Shu looked at the sunny window and cautiously replied, "Yeah, it's a sunny day."
Yue Xia nodded. "Mhm."
Silence.
"Do you feel a bit hot?" As if that awkward silence didn't exist, Yue Xia raised the second topic. "The temperature is quite hot today."
"Ah," Lin Shu started becoming fidgety. "No, it's okay. It's just right."
Another silence.
"Have you eaten recently?" Yue Xia tilted her head and asked, "That cake earlier was pretty good. Did you try it?"
"Ah?" Lin Shu slightly opened his mouth. "Eh, thank you, but no need. I'm not hungry."
Yue Xia nodded. "Oh."
And then, there was another awkward and suffocating silence.
In the heavy air, Yue Xia was thoughtful and suddenly called out: [System, are there other topics? I can't think of anything.]
The system: [?]
You're totally avoiding the topic! Ah!
Perhaps, it was Lin Shu's six senses that made him take the initiative to speak first to avoid Yue Xia asking multiple questions about his household status. He took a deep breath and smiled gently. "I've heard of Miss Yue before. This is our first meeting, but you're much easier to get along with than I thought."
Yue Xia: "You too."
Lin Shu: "I heard you and Shuyao were middle school classmates? That school is my alma mater."
Yue Xia: "Me too."
Lin Shu: "The Shi's young master… Excuse me, I shouldn't mention that. Ehm, I think you also know that I won't give up on Shuyao."
Yue Xia: "Same for him."
Lin Shu: "..."
If he was given a lever, he could dig to the earth's core with his toes.
In this conversation that felt like it had come from a zombie novel, Lin Shu believed that Yue Xia was as uncomfortable as him. However, she seemed to have lost her sense of awkwardness. Her face was emotionless, and he felt like he was only one bitterly struggling to hold on.
Not far from them, the onlookers were a bit dumbfounded. Why did it look like Lin Shu was the one taking the initiative to talk to her?
Since that was the case, why not be more straightforward? Lin Shu suddenly showed a serious expression. "Although it's a bit presumptuous, I still want to ask you something. Do you and Shuyao really have… that kind of relationship?"
Yue Xia shook her head. "No."
"Ah, that is to say, you just don't want her to get engaged." Lin Shu suddenly figured it out. No matter what Yue Xia was like, they were allies when it came to this goal. His expression softened. He said, "Then can I visit your home to see Shuyao…"
Yue Xia: "Sorry."
Lin Shu: "?"
Yue Xia rudely raised her head. "The weather is pretty nice today."
"Ah, yes, it's pretty nice," Lin Shu blankly said. "So then can you let me see Shuyao…"
Yue Xia firmly interrupted him and looked away. "Sorry."
In the suffocating silence, the sudden mechanical notification sounded heavenly: [Criteria successfully met! Phase 2 is completed!】
The system: [...]
Meow, what do you mean it's successfully met?! Are you rebelling?! Was that system mentally retarded?! How could it judge that the criteria had been met? Ah! This was crazy! Had it lost its mind?!
While the system was screaming in despair, it was hit by the final blow.
After the task was completed, Lin Shu's favorability bar in the background was supposed to be changed to "disgust" for its host. But now, the favorability bar slowly changed from "indifferent" to "interesting woman".
T/N: Next update on June 10th at 10:15 PM EST